Iowa Democrat Senate nominee Josh Turek was absent for votes involving citizenship and residency requirements for public assistance eligibility and verification of voters’ citizenship, drawing comparisons to fellow Iowa Democrat Sarah Trone Garriott’s opposition to similar measures as New Jersey faces investigations over thousands of noncitizens erroneously added to its voter rolls.
Turek, an Iowa state representative since 2023, is running against Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) for the open Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA).
Turek was absent or not voting on March 7, 2024 when the Iowa House considered House File 2608, which concerned “state residency and citizenship status in determining eligibility for public assistance,” as well as human smuggling and related penalties. The measure passed the Iowa House.
Hinson’s campaign announced in a press release this week that Turek missed a March 25, 2025 vote to verify the citizenship status of Iowa voters.
“Josh Turek would side with Chuck Schumer and Far-Left Democrats against commonsense voter ID and election security,” Hinson Campaign Communications Director Billy Fuerst said. “Turek skipping a vote to verify the citizenship status of Iowa voters tells you everything you need to know – he doesn’t care about election integrity.”
According to the Daily Nonpareil, Turek “suggested that voters should be automatically registered to vote upon getting their driver’s license, similar to Colorado.”
Turek’s legislative record parallels that of Iowa state Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, the radical Democrat challenging Republican Rep. Zach Nunn in Iowa’s Third Congressional District, who opposed similar legislation. Trone Garriott opposed an Iowa measure preventing illegal aliens from receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and voted against a separate bill requiring citizenship verification in elections.
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